Daughter of the Emperor Chapter 457

Chapter 457: The Emperor’s Daughter 457

Being trapped sowhere was more frustrating than I had imagined. I thought I could stay still under captivity, but that was wishful thinking.

Getting trapped sowhere was terrible.

There’s nothing one could do, and one wouldn’t even know the date and ti. Even after being given rice twice a day, it would only confuse one’s sense of day and night.

“I need to do sothing.”

I was turning crazy, not knowing what to do to leave this dungeon.

Was it supposed to be a new type of torture? Even when I tried to calm my mind, I couldn’t stop being nervous. The only thoughts in my head were all about the helplessness of my situation.

‘Right, thanks for letting know, brain!’

‘Ah, thank you for making go crazy!’

This was the first ti I faced such a situation. Was it because I always had soone looking after ? It seed to that I was in a position where I couldn’t do anything.

Co to think of it...

I still have my mories of childhood like they were brand new. It felt as if it just happened yesterday; I could rember them clearly. I thought that I would soday forget them.

Was my brain always so good? Usually, one would forget their mories .

“When I was a baby, Caitel would brainwash into thinking I was ugly.”

I clearly rembered how Caitel looked during those days, telling how ugly I was, and suddenly, I felt like crying.

When I was young, I wasn’t ugly at all!

Why did he keep saying that!?

“I always thought that I would be independent once I grew up...”

I didn’t know anything then that I would grow up longing for my dad’s love.

Stupid.

“Caitel was making uncomfortable and scared.”

At that ti, I didn’t want to et him since I never knew when he would kill for doing sothing. Although Caitel often nagged, those thoughts had disappeared from my mind.

Sohow, I managed to live longer. Maybe he grew kinder with ti; looking back on the ti which changed us, a smile ford on my lips.

If one knew from the past, they’d just click their tongue at the weird attempts I made to survive in the palace.

When did I co to like my dad so much?

“Was it because of his beauty? Looks? No. It isn’t like I am attracted to handso n. Then what? Was it his smile? That’s weird.”

Every ti my dad laughed, I only thought of how scary it was. I had no reason for loving my dad, nothing specific ca to mind.

I really love my dad...

A sudden realization. It was natural that I would love my dad in many ways, but liking Caitel ca as a shock to . I only realized sothing so simple once I turned 18.

While I was in my thoughts, I could hear the noise in the hallways.

I beca anxious.

What? Was it already ti to eat? It didn’t seem like that.

Above all, a few n were approaching the iron bars where I was trapped.

Around ten people.

What was it? Did sothing happen?

“What is it?”

When I asked them out of nervousness, they silently opened the iron door of the prison. It should have felt nice to get released from the disgustingly dirty prison, but it didn’t feel that good.

As I looked through the opened door, a man spoke.

“Co on out, princess.”

They knew I was a princess?

Since they were handling pretty roughly, I thought they wouldn’t know. I didn’t want to go out because my intuition tugged on my mind telling not to go out.

Well, if I didn’t do that, they would drag out.

I sighed out loud. I was no prophet, but I knew a bad situation when I saw one.

Inevitably, I walked out of my cell in my own volition.

Ugh, I didn’t like this.

“Where are we going?”

When I was trapped, I wanted to leave, but when I left, I wanted to return. Sothing felt odd. Should I say that it felt like sothing huge was about to happen?

It seed like a long ti passed since I was last trapped, but it didn’t seem like I was out of prison forever.

‘Why the hell are they calling ? Why?!’

I was nervous and had no opening to ask, but the n wouldn’t speak even when asked.

‘Ugh, these damn n! Say sothing to !’

“Who called ? Where are we going?”

The man started to get annoyed when I kept asking the question out loud. The tall man looked at , making flinch. His cold eyes stared down at ; it was botherso to even look at him.

Maybe he’ll hit .

“Mr. Siorn has called.”

The atmosphere about us was unusual, so I shut up.

Right, I had to figure out what was happening.

I shut my mouth and nodded and began to walk again. I followed them with my hands clenched.

For what was he calling for?

anwhile, I was shocked at how long the dungeon was since I had to walk for a lot of ti. Even when I tried to look around, I couldn’t find anyone other than the humans surrounding .

I couldn’t see anyone.

As I sighed, I noticed a hall.

Roughly, I knew that I was trapped in so kind of mansion or palace, but I felt strange when I entered a hall where balls were held.

Why would he suddenly call to that place?

“Co on, Ria. There are guests I need you to et.”

The sixth prince, who greeted with a smile, didn’t pass through my vision. Only one man who entered the hall ca into my view.

“... dad?”

‘What is he...?’

I couldn’t figure what was happening, so I just looked at him and the sixth prince instead. It was just by chance, but for a mont, the sixth prince looked like he had power above all, and that frustrated the hell out of .

But.

“Uh...”

Is he alone?!

I couldn’t tell if it was my eyes or my mind playing tricks on . What was he even thinking, my dad, walking in here all alone?

Didn’t he know that it was an enemy camp?

Obviously, the sixth prince had planned it, a trap, but how could he still have such confidence?!

I had nothing to say. Shocked, I couldn’t even form any words to say.

Caitel, who entered the hall, smiled while looking at . With a different smile than usual, I wanted to punish myself.

‘What was with that smile!? I had nothing to say! My dad!!’

“It has been a while, brother.”

“It has been very long, Siorn.”

I didn’t know what was going on. I just watched from a distance. Unlike the bright smile he had, when Caitel talked with the sixth prince, his face distorted.

He had a twisted smile. I didn’t see him for a day or two or longer, but he still seed fine. All the people in the hall seed to be working for the sixth prince.

Even after I rubbed my eyes and looked back at them, it seed like no one ca with my dad.

‘Woah, we are done.’

“Aren’t you happy to et your family, brother?”

“We’re family?”

“We are family, brother.”

As if sad, the sixth prince frowned at Caitel’s words. He looked upset that soone unknown would misunderstand their relationship.

The problem was that the expression wasn’t an honest one. The sixth prince shook his head.

“Isn’t this a peculiar situation?”

As if he didn’t know, the voice of the sixth prince made Caitel’s expression crumble even further. I thought that dad would have thought of sothing before coming over.

“Now stop dying so slowly, brother. You have lived for a very long ti.”

“Isn’t it you who lived a lot more than expected?”

At the sixth prince’s response, Caitel shrugged.

“You stupidly stole everything from , everything! I was very disappointed.”

Their conversation and the way they spoke could make the others tremble.

I was frightened to see the sixth prince grunting his teeth. On one side of the hall, I saw dad, but he seed relaxed as if he could handle anything.

‘Dude, this is not Agrient!’

I wanted him to shout and yell too.

“Right, but thanks to your pretty daughter here, I can take down your life, right? All because you ran over here like a stupid man.”

... the sixth prince emphasized the ‘stupid’ part; it couldn’t be my mistake, right?

Of course, it was Caitel and not the sixth prince who moved. He was relaxed, standing tall and calm. That was all he did, and almost everyone in the hall looked nervously at him.

I felt it all the ti, but no one could get used to the feeling and aura that my father exuded.

“Give my daughter.”

“Take her. If you can.”

The sixth prince laughed at Caitel’s words.

“I think you misunderstood.”

Caitel spoke.

He shrugged and spoke again.

“I am not asking. I am ordering. Give her to .”

The sixth prince laughed at my dad’s words—an obvious mockery.

“You think you can order around?”

“I don’t think I can.”

What was happening?

Soone stepped into the hall before I could even wonder.

An old woman with her hands tied was dragged into the room. The woman brought by the Agrient soldiers stood pale and exhausted. She looked pitiful.

Uh? Who? This was my first ti seeing her.

I was wondering who the woman was, but the sixth prince answered my questions.

“Mother!”

What? Mother?

I was shocked.

That lady was the sixth prince’s mother?! It was shocking that she was still alive, but it was even more shocking that Caitel brought her here.

... who was the bad guy!?

“If you want to live, you better heed to my orders.”

The additional warnings...

‘My dad is a villain!’

In that mont, Caitel smiled.

“You want a political upper hand over soone who’s prepared to die, aren’t you being careless?”

The situation turned.